Ambassador Rice and Deputy Prime Minister Minh discussed ways to enhance cooperation on several shared interests including maritime security, peacekeeping, nonproliferation and the Trans Pacific Partnership. In discussing recent tensions in the South China Sea, Ambassador Rice underscored the U.S. opposition to the use of coercion and the need to resolve maritime disputes peacefully and in accordance with international law, including the Convention on the Law of the Sea and related legal mechanisms. Ambassador Rice stressed the importance of continued progress on human rights.